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From: rdippold@cancun.qualcomm.com (Ron Dippold)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: Using High Speed Modems
Message-ID: <1991May23.193607.14738@qualcomm.com>
Date: 23 May 91 19:36:07 GMT
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In article <6536@vela.acs.oakland.edu> rdthomps@vela.acs.oakland.edu (Robert D. Thompson) writes:
>	Do modems with V.42 compression cause compressed files (e.g.
>	PKZIP, LHARC, etc...) to become effectively larger when
>	transferred?  In other words, is there negative compression
>	when transferring a compressed file via V.42?

First, V.42 is only error correction, V.42bis is compression.  However, V.42
is smart enough to realize when the compression is causing the data to expand
and will send the data un"compressed".


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